They said One Nation was a party of grievance, a party of protest, a party that would always be on the fringe. They said we were racist, illegitimate, and divisive. They said we might get the odd Senate seat but never win a seat in the House of Representatives.

But then something happened in South Australia a few weeks ago. The state’s political landscape was reshaped by a One Nation earthquake. We won as many seats as the Liberals, and smashed their primary vote. We achieved massive swings in safe Labor seats and made them marginal. We demonstrated we could convert our surge in the polls into votes.

They panicked. They suddenly realised One Nation was a real chance in the Farrer by-election, and did everything they could to stop us.

They spent a fortune. They created attack websites and social media accounts. They put up billboards all over the electorate. They bullied our volunteers. They ran dozens of hit pieces in the media and there was a lot of cheap muck-raking.

And none of it worked, because a lot of people in Farrer had stopped listening to them a long time ago. That’s what happens when you stop listening to people: they stop listening to you.

One Nation has been listening.

We’ve been listening to people whose standard of living has gone backwards under the net zero disaster inflicted on them by Labor, the Greens, the Liberals, the Nationals and the Teals. We’ve been listening to people who no longer recognise their country, and who want to take it back. We’ve been listening to the farmers and irrigators of Farrer on water reform in the Murray Darling Basin. We’ve been listening to the majority of Australians who want immigration slashed. We’ve been listening to people who’ve had enough of being berated over what they’re allowed to think or say.

The people of Farrer have sent a very loud, strong message.

We congratulate David Farley on his stunning win in Farrer.